After two years of construction work, a new £32m business school building has opened its doors to students.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

The Simon Sainsbury Centre opened at Cambridge Judge Business School earlier this month, providing 5,000 square metres of new teaching, meeting and dining space.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

Designed by Stirling Prize-winning architect Stanton Williams, the centre sits on Tennis Court Road in Cambridge just behind Cambridge Judge’s Addenbrooke’s building on Trumpington Street. If you've sat in queues for the Grand Arcade car park you will have probably noticed builders beavering away on the project, which has been ongoing since 2015.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

The centre was supported in part by a generous donation from the Monument Trust, whose founder, businessman and Cambridge graduate Simon Sainsbury, was also one of the business school’s original benefactors.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

It is hoped the centre will provide a physical space that fosters collaboration among students, executives, corporate partners, alumni and others, and the new space includes two new lecture theatres, breakout rooms, faculty offices and new dining facilities in order to serve all parts of the Cambridge Judge community including degree students, executive education clients, faculty and external partners.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

“The new building brings together all parts of our community under one roof while maintaining our position at the heart of the Cambridge Cluster. In doing so, it will enable us to continue solving real-world problems in even more diverse and creative ways,” said Christoph Loch, dean of Cambridge Judge Business School.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

“The Simon Sainsbury Centre embodies the identity of the School whilst fulfilling its contemporary needs, adding a further layer to the progressive transformation of this historic site,” added Gavin Henderson, director at Stanton Williams.

The new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

The walls of the centre are adorned with the work of visual and performance artist Caroline Wright, who has put together an exhibition entitled 'Temporal'.

Specially commissioned artwork adorns the walls of the new Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School (Image: David Johnson)

It is designed to embody what and who the School is, its aspirations and its position within the Cambridge community.